behavior issues

  1. T

    Vent Pecking

    I have a hen that is relentlessly vent pecking. It’s likely a learned behavior from being in an overcrowded coop when I inherited them. When they arrived, the two RIRs had bare bottoms from another hen who was plucking their butt feather and eating them. Unfortunately, the cannibal hen had to be...
  2. T

    New member

    Hi all, I inherited 6 surprise chickens six months ago. We are first time chicken owners although we’ve been interested in owning chickens for quite some time and been researching for about 2 years now. Unfortunately, it seems we’ve inherited some very problematic hens so I’m hoping I can get...
  3. Chickendaddy33

    Broody chicken gone crazy

    Hey guys I have a chicken that went broody after another one hatched some chicks. I let her sit on the eggs and she hatched 2 yesterday. Clearly she is a bad mom I’m pretty sure she ate one and let the other die. But now she has gone crazy and attacking me. She was very sweet before she went...
  4. H

    Feisty Rooster

    I have a flock of ten and one is a rooster, at first he was really sweet to me and protected his flock. I’m not sure if he just hit “puberty” but he’s about 4 months old and is getting quite feisty with me. He still very protective of his flock but chases me everytime he sees me from across the...
  5. T

    Bullied chicken is aggressive with me.

    I couldn’t find an answer to this anywhere - so I’d really appreciate any help! I have a flock of 4 hens, no rooster. 2 Anconas and 2 Blue Cuckoo Marans. All are the same age - bought together as chicks, raised together. Three of them get along great. But one of my Marans (She’s physically...
  6. M

    Breaking apart bonded chickens

    Hey guys. So basically I have an Easter egger Roy who is extremely attached to a rooster we have. We have to get rid of the rooster as we are not allowed to have a rooster. Initially we thought the rooster was a hen because It didn’t crow on time and acted very hen like. They acted this way...
  7. A

    Suggestions for helping a rooster to accept a hen please

    Hi everyone, I would like to hear suggestions from anyone who has been successful in getting a rooster change from attacking a hen to accepting her. Behavior suggestions only please, not rehoming or culling. We have a good hen to rooster ratio and plenty of space, water and food - no issues...
  8. M

    Rooster and Hens Not Getting Along

    Hi all! I have a question regarding my flock. I am a first time chicken owner, and hatched 5 chicks out in late November, 4 pullers and 1 roo. They are all almost 5 months old now. No females are laying yet. The rooster tries to mate with them, but he is really rough with them when he does. I’m...
  9. C

    Hen attacking me over TSC chicks—

    My hen, Tiffany, went broody beginning of last month. Lost all but one chick, “Lucky”, on hatch day. I took Lucky away and kept her inside her in the brooder to keep her alive in case Tiffany was killing them or something. Chick was lonely, started imprinting on me on day 1 and freaked out...
    • CasaCasarrubiasChickens
    • Thread
    • adopted chicks? advice needed attacking me behavior issues chicken behavior help aggressive hen my hen loves me one day and hates me the next not her chick the angry hen what do i do
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  10. L

    Please help :( my chickens are scared of me. Rooster problems?

    I’ll try to keep this brief! We got our 11 chicks back in august and got 1 rooster and 10 hens, which is exactly what we wanted. I raised them all by hand and they’ve always been very friendly with me. When we transferred them outside anytime I open the door and come out they run to the edge to...
    • lolobearleo
    • Thread
    • aggresive rooster behavior change behavior issues behavior problems behavior questions roos scared scared chicken scared chickens
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  11. Chickenwithnobrim

    Singular stressed chick

    Hello! So i just got 5 day old chicks yesterday and im brooding them in my room for two weeks before moving them outside and expanding the brooder. as soon as they got settled they became very quiet and happy, and very friendly. Darting in and out of the heat pad, eating a bunch and drinking...
  12. TinaLynn89

    introducing new pullet to flock

    Hi i brought in a new pullet she’s about 4 months old. she is a Easter Egger. i’ve kept her separated with 2 other pullets who are only about 2 months old and she is like their mama. she is super sweet with them. She is the sweetest and that may be the problem. we have 3 other older...
  13. M

    Aggressive Duck

    Hi all, Am looking for some advice. We have recently introduced our now 2 month old Campbell duck to our 6 year old Muscovy (both females), and the Campbell has been what seems aggressive to our Muscovy (biting her face, feet, and feathers etc.) This is only recent behaviour, before then we...
    • Mariahann
    • Thread
    • behavior issues duck
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. T

    Hen pecking me behind my back!

    My 24 week Welbar hen seems to always try to sneak attack me from behind. If I go in their run, she will walk behind me every time and start pecking me from behind! I can’t always keep her in front of me, she literally searches out to go behind me and do this every chance she gets. What would...
  15. Sandwitch

    Rooster acting up

    Our rooster Ducky (5 months old I believe) has recently become a lot more…. Hormonal? Basically as his ladies have gotten closer to laying he’s become a lot more protective. He seems to believe I am challenging his rooster status. I think he might have also done this with my mom but only like...
  16. K

    Those island red hen agressive towards me

    I have a hen that I raised from the incubator. She’s always been sweet and food driven. Two months ago she got alittle sick and although she’s better now, she’s agressive towards me! Bites at my feet, bites my arms/fingers. I just don’t get it. Hardly does it to anyone else. How can I get her to...
  17. K

    3 female ducks used to be close friends – now one is kicked out of the clique & lonely :(

    A couple months ago, I added 3 new female Muscovy ducks to my flock. The lonesome duck now in question, DW, first arrived as alpha, but she's quickly plummeted to the bottom of the hierarchy amidst the total flock of 7 I have (3 chicken hens, 1 duck drake, then these 3 duck ladies). I can tell...
    • kiwibird143
    • Thread
    • behavior behavior issues behavior problems duck stress stressed duck
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. QuailsAreSmallDinosaurs

    Help! A sudden behavior change!

    Recently, one of my button quail's behavior changed a lot. This had me very confused and I honestly don't know what to do, I need some help. In the beginning of January I bought two button quails from a local pet store, according to the employee they are both females. One is white and the other...
    • QuailsAreSmallDinosaurs
    • Thread
    • 9+ weeks behavior change behavior issues behavior problems button quail expanding gender help sexing
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Quail
  19. mandersrenee8503

    Help with Bully Brahma

    My otherwise very sweet (and very large) Dark Brahma named Disco just started laying in the last few weeks. She’s around 8-9 months old. She’s an absolute sweetheart with people, but right around the time she started laying she has turned into a huge bully with two of my other chickens. The big...
  20. M

    Disabled Rooster- can he mate?

    Hi all! So my ladies all got killed by a fox attack about a month ago. The sole survivor of the attack was my Leghorn Rooster who defended as best he could with the other rooster, our beloved creamy legbar who sadly died also. So Avalanche(our only remaining rooster) was left with bites and a...
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